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Welcome to Wednesday WOWS!
W-wonderful O-opportunities W-with S-schools

January 20, 2010

....Easy HEAR-SEE-DO action tips each week

HEAR .... Provide a message to increase awareness of knowledge/skills
SEE .... Show people HOW to make healthy changes
DO .... Help people practice and make healthy changes

Gather Your Kitchen Utensils: It's Recipe Contest Time! 

HEAR

Prod those 7th and 8th grade chefs you know to enter the HKC "Stirring Up Health™” National Middle School Recipe Contest! This year, our sponsor, Del Monte, and educational partners, Home Baking Association and Johnson & Wales University, are providing outstanding support to make this contest fun and exceptional!

SEE

See the "Stirring Up Health™” Web pages for information and details. View classroom ideas and the entry form which can be submitted online or mailed.

”Stirring Up Health™” National Middle School Recipe Contest Timeline

March 13, 2010         Entry deadline
April 9, 2010             Contest winners notified
May, 2010                Chef for a Day visit or prizes
June, 2010               Contest results posted on HKC Web site

DO

  1. Talk about the recipe contest opportunity with your class or youth group! Print out the "Stirring Up Health™” information Web page (include the Web page address) and send a copy home with the kids. Encourage them to share the information with family members and get cooking!

  2. Try out the following activity with a youth group or class to encourage label reading. Use it and other ideas from the HKC Web page, Classroom Ideas .

    Using packaged food products, identify the amount of fiber and discuss how fiber comes from grains, fruits, vegetables, and legumes. Identify fat and sugar on the label. Use visuals to represent the amount of fat and sugar in one serving. Note: 1 tsp fat or sugar (1 sugar cube) is equivalent to 4 grams. Talk about how to use lower fat/sugar substitutions in recipes. Encourage kids to modify or create a recipe using fruits and veggies for the recipe contest! Did you know fruits can be fat replacers? Experiment!

HKC Monthly Webinar Training Notice! Register Now!
"Cafeteria Success - Menus, marketing, student advisory groups" Webinar
Thursday, January 21, 2010 3:00 p.m. CST
For the upcoming Wellness Solutions Webinar schedule, click .  
HEAR - SEE - DO Tips for Newsletters

Cut and paste a HEAR-SEE-DO tip each week into your own parent newsletters!

Kids in Your Kitchen 
Getting your kids in the kitchen to prepare a food item or meal can teach them science, math, culture and healthy eating habits. Try the ideas below to get your kids involved!

  • Show kids food science results: The rising of a biscuit from a chemical reaction (baking soda).
  • Allow kids to measure ingredients and discuss math fractions.
  • Encourage kids to help you prepare a traditional or holiday food item that connects with your family heritage.
  • When kids are helping in the kitchen, prepare a variety of foods (grains, fruits, veggies, dairy, meat and beans) to encourage healthy, balanced eating.
Solutions: Measuring Success of School Wellness Policies Blog
A Healthy Kids Challenge view of measurement and evaluation when it comes to wellness…and one of our simple, every day, evidence based solutions. Schools tell us that the law doesn't include any reporting requirements, so why should they evaluate?... Read More.
HKC Materials-Health Works!
Health Works! Wellness in Academics™ toolkit, a set of seven booklets (24 pages each), designed to help school and community program wellness teams. 

Each Health Works! booklet focuses on one of HKC's six healthy practices: Breakfast GO Power, Drink Think, Smart Servings, Snack Attack, Active Play, and Fruits and Veggies, Every Day the Tasty Way. As a bonus, the seventh booklet provides great ideas for teaching with MyPyramid.  Check it out!
Funding Opportunity
Use the following grant to promote healthy eating and physical activity programs at your school. 

ING Unsung Heroes Grants 
Deadline:  April 30, 2010
The ING Unsung Heroes Program Offers Grants for K-12 Educational Projects. Awards of up to $25,000 will be given to professionals working to improve student learning through new teaching methods and techniques.

Thought for the Day
"Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is." -- H. Jackson Brown Jr. 

For questions about Healthy Kids Challenge, please contact:
Vickie L. James, RD, LD, Director
vickie@healthykidschallenge.com
1-888-259-6287
www.healthykidschallenge.com

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